NecroJoe
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In idaho:
Thank fuck, of all places, the local pharmacy in the grocery store in my town has the vaccine, I can sign up online and get it hopefully soon.
YUS.
EDIT
So it's still a "check if your eligible" but the website says it will be free of charge. Fuck yeah, only a little bit longer.
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Sort of, speaking from my German perspective with statutory (as opposed to private, which is optional) health insurance. We have these chip cards from our insurance providers that we have to give the receptionists to prove what organisations are our healthcare providers, but that’s it. There are no bills to pay, the doctors and hospitals deal directly with the providers.Is this more or less what having universal healthcare feels like?
Key word: considered. The criteria for that can be quite strange in parts.it works for everything that’s considered essential
I did wonder if I should put that in bold letters!Key word: considered. The criteria for that can be quite strange in parts.
I feel every employer should be happy to have their employees vaccinated ASAP with as little hassle as possible - so they should really be pushing you out the door to go get your shot...my biggest concern with the Covid vaccination is if I'll have to take a day off to get it, or if I can declare that as sick leave.
Is this more or less what having universal healthcare feels like? Because holy shit, I'll happily wait if it means I don't have to choose between just not seeing a doctor or scared shitless how I'm going to pay for it.
Oh, no doubt, but it's at least something if your state is a garbage fire. Dallas actually tried prioritizing its hardest-hit areas—typically minority-majority and lower-income—early on only to have the state government come down and forbid it: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/20/dallas-vaccine-plan-communities-of-color/The problem with the hands-off "get shots in arms" honor system @ninjacoco describes is that it favors rich people who know how to get their way, and leaves the working poor (black, latinos) in it's wake. I highly doubt it will turn out more efficient than the EU/Israeli approach of priority groups.
Asymptomatic coronavirus infections were four times less frequent in health-care workers who had received a single dose of [BioNTech's] COVID-19 vaccine than in their unvaccinated counterparts.
If the virus -- or any virus -- is always going to be with us in one form or another, we need the best ongoing protection we can buy.
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2.5Hz ???PS: Meanwhile, Germany has just crossed a weekly average dose rate of 2Hz ?